The Best Ajith Kumar Movies, Ranked
56 credits from 1977 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) comes out on top with a score of 82. The biggest box office hit is Valimai (2022) with $13.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Ajith Kumar Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Ajith Kumar is credited on. Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) leads with 82, followed by Viswasam (2019) at 69. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Ajith Kumar Box Office Hits
Ajith Kumar's films have made $38.4M worldwide in total. Valimai (2022) is the biggest hit at $13.3M, ahead of English Vinglish (2012) ($10.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Valimai 2022 · Thriller $13.3M - 2
English Vinglish 2012 · Family $10.3M $1.86M dom. - 3
Vedalam 2015 · Action $2.22M - 4
Arrambam 2013 · Thriller $1.84M - 5
Thunivu 2023 · Thriller $1.51M - 6
Good Bad Ugly 2025 · Action $1.48M - 7
Billa II 2012 · Action $1.16M - 8
Vivegam 2017 · Thriller $1.15M - 9
Mankatha 2011 · Action $1.12M - 10
Billa 2007 · Thriller $964K
The Best Ajith Kumar Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ajith Kumar has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 17 films, and Varalaru (2006) is the pick of them.
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Drama 17 films Varalaru 2006 · as Sivashankar / Vishnu / Jeeva -
Action 10 films Nerkonda Paarvai 2019 · as Bharath Subramaniam Movie Echo Score: 82 - Thriller 10 films Thunivu 2023 · as Dark Devil Movie Echo Score: 65
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Romance 9 films Aegan 2008 · as Shiva - Family 1 film English Vinglish 2012 · as A passenger in flight - Cameo
The Best Ajith Kumar Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ajith Kumar's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Ajith Kumar Movies
The most recent films Ajith Kumar is credited on, newest first — starting with Good Bad Ugly (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Good Bad Ugly 2025 · AK 'Red Dragon'
- Thunivu 2023 · Dark Devil
- Valimai 2022 · ACP Arjun Kumar IPS
- Nerkonda Paarvai 2019 · Bharath Subramaniam
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Viswasam 2019 · Thooku Durai - Vivegam 2017 · Ajay Kumar
- Vedalam 2015 · Ganesh / Vedhalam
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Yennai Arindhaal 2015 · DCP Sathyadev IPS -
Veeram 2014 · Vinayagam - Arrambam 2013 · Ashok Kumar
- English Vinglish 2012 · A passenger in flight - Cameo
- Billa II 2012 · David Billa
The Best Ajith Kumar Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ajith Kumar films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ajith Kumar movie?
Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) is the best-rated Ajith Kumar film, with a Movie Echo Score of 82, ahead of Viswasam (2019) (69) and Thunivu (2023) (65). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Nerkonda Paarvai: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ajith Kumar movie?
Valimai (2022) made the most at the box office, with $13.3M worldwide, followed by English Vinglish (2012) with $10.3M. Together, Ajith Kumar's films with box office figures have made $38.4M.
What is the best Ajith Kumar drama movie?
Varalaru (2006) is the best-rated of Ajith Kumar's drama films. In other genres: Nerkonda Paarvai (action), Thunivu (thriller) and Aegan (romance).
What is the newest Ajith Kumar movie?
The newest film on Ajith Kumar's filmography is Good Bad Ugly (2025), with Ajith Kumar as AK 'Red Dragon'.
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